577 recorded events, 1900–2026, from 18 city data systems. The city's paper trail here is mostly 233 311 service requests, 122 HPD complaints, 86 HPD housing violations.
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A sustained record of distress well beyond its peers. More recorded distress than 97% of 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide. The citywide median for 1-5-unit residential buildings is 0 penalty points per 10 units; this building carries 73.6. In ZIP 10021, 81% of residential buildings hold an A and 3% grade D or F. How grades work
Among 699,345 1-5-unit residential buildings citywide · left is less recorded distress, right is more
| Open HPD violations | 2 total — 2 class C (immediately hazardous), 0 class B, 0 class A. Oldest open since 2021-09-29. |
status snapshot refreshed weekly from HPD records
36 heat or hot-water complaints in the last three years (winter 2024–25: 16 · winter 2025–26: 20). Repeated winter clusters suggest a chronic heating problem.
No bedbug-infested units reported in the last three years of filings.
$4,250 in enforcement penalties imposed (ECB/OATH) in the last three years.
74 service requests in the last three years. Most common: Outdoor Dining (24) · HEAT/HOT WATER (18) · Commercial Disposal Complaint (8) · Noise (7) · Obstruction (5) · General Construction/Plumbing (2).
$1,553,000 in permitted construction work filed since 2016 (13 filings with a declared cost) — a rough measure of how actively the owner maintains the building. Permit costs cover filed construction work only — they do not capture routine maintenance or repairs done without a permit.
| Yes | Built before 1974 (1910) |
| No | Six or more residential units (5) |
| No | 421-a / J-51 tax benefit on the current tax roll |
1 of 3 signals present. Only a partial profile — stabilization is possible but less likely. The definitive answer for any unit: request its rent history from NYS Homes & Community Renewal (free, at hcr.ny.gov).
| Registered owner(s) | 961 LEXINGTON AVENUE LLC |
| Head officer | JANE GOLDMAN |
| Managing agent | EDUARD STANCIU |
| Last registered | 2025-07-10 |
as filed by the owner in the building's HPD registration
| Tax year | City market value | Assessed value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $5,322,000 | $2,394,900 |
| 2026 | $4,258,000 | $1,916,100 |
| 2027 | $4,489,000 | $2,020,050 |
The city's market estimate has fallen 16% between tax years 2025 and 2027.
| Heating fuel | NATURALGAS |
| Restaurant | Cuisine | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 961 Rest. LLC | Not yet graded | — | |
| Dear Margo | Mediterranean | Not yet graded | — |
Report to 311: Food poisoning · Food safety complaint
2 restaurants · 0 with mice evidence · See them on the Mice Map
Not in the FEMA 1%-annual-chance floodplain (2015 preliminary maps).
Not in a hurricane evacuation zone.
Not in the city's stormwater (cloudburst) flood maps under any modeled scenario.
No street-flooding or sewer-backup complaints on record at this address.
Sources: FEMA flood maps (coastal), NYC DEP Stormwater Flood Maps (cloudburst), NYC hurricane evacuation zones, and 311 records for this address.
| Subway | 68 St-Hunter College — 6 · 350 ft straight-line (about a 2-minute walk) · station accessibility: full 72 St — Q · 0.2 mi straight-line (about a 6-minute walk) · station accessibility: full |
| Bus | Nearest boarding stop: Lexington Av / E 70 St — M101 M102 M103 · 100 ft |
| Citi Bike | 3 Ave & E 71 St · 450 ft · station location as of 2026-09-23; live availability |
| Bike facility | Painted bike lane mapped within 75 ft |
| School zones (2024–25 map) | Elementary: East Side Elementary School, PS 267 Middle: J.H.S. 167 Robert F. Wagner. Confirm with the DOE's school search. |
Distances are straight-line, not walking routes. Transit locations from the MTA and Citi Bike, bike facilities from NYC DOT, school zones from the DOE's 2024–25 maps.
961 Lexington Avenue
| Heat or hot water | Heat or hot water |
| Apartment maintenance | Apartment maintenance |
| Bed bugs | Bed bugs |
| Residential pests | Residential pests |
| Rats or mice | Rats or mice |
| Food poisoning | Food poisoning |
| Food safety complaint | Food safety complaint |
| Anything else | Anything else |
74 311 service requests from this address in the last three years — 18 of them about heat or hot water.
311 will ask for the address, the apartment if the problem is inside, and what's wrong. Contact details are optional for most complaints; food-poisoning reports can be anonymous. Complaints appear in the city's public 311 data, usually within a day or two, and then in the Live from 311 box on this page.
Most recent mortgage recorded against this lot: $6,000,000 on 1996-02-02 (lender: Emigrant Savings Bank). Face amount at recording — it may have since been paid down, refinanced or satisfied. View the recorded document.
| Date | Record | Amount | Per res. unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-02-02 | Mortgage $6,000,000 — from GSL ENTERPRISE, INC.; DUPONT ASSOCIATES, INC. to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK | $6,000,000 | |
| 1996-02-02 | Mortgage $11,232,459 — from EMPIRE ASSOCIATES REALTY CO.; GOLDMAN, JANE H. CO-EXECUTOR; HOPEFUL ENTERPRISESOF NEW YORK to EMIGRANT SAVINGS BANK | $11,232,459 | |
| 1984-03-08 | Mortgage $328,241 — from G S L ENTERPRISES, INC., to MANHATTAN LIFE INS.CO. | $328,241 |
| Year | Construction | Enforcement | Housing & tenants | Health & systems | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 2018 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 13 |
| 2019 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 13 |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 34 |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 3 | 76 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1 | 32 |
| 2024 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 21 |
| 2025 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 46 |
| 2026 | 3 | 3 | 65 | 1 | 72 |
Every one of the 577 recorded events, 1900–2026, is laid out year by year in the full report (print-ready).
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